Futurelooks checks out a budget AMD FM1 board ... *ECS A75F-M2 Socket FM1 mATX Motherboard Review* here is always a way to save money when buying computer components. It often comes down to what you are willing to sacrifice to save that money. Ideally the difference in performance is small or the lost feature is replaced by a less expensive feature that is just as useful. In our GIGABYTE A75M-UD2H review for example, you?ll see that they?ve lowered costs by omitting the UEFI graphical BIOS, in favour of providing superior overclocking. Today we are looking at the ECS A75F-M2 which has an MSRP of $72.99. Hopefully we?ll see more replacement of features with better or more useful ones too. * * *"

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